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PA Man Sends Nudes To Children 'Almost Every Night' For 3 Years, Police Say PA Man Sends Nudes To Children 'Almost Every Night' For 3 Years, Police Say
PA Man Sends Nudes To Children 'Almost Every Night' For 3 Years, Police Say A 23-year-old man has been texting nude photos and videos of himself to children for the past three years, Manheim Township Police announced on Monday, June 24.  Raul Ramos Jr. of the 100 block of Jennings Drive in Lancaster City, began sending the images when he was 20 years old and the victims were 13 and 12 years old, according to the police release.  After a parent reported the images found on the children's phones, the police searched the phones and confirmed the images and video were sent by Ramos, the police explained.  In an interview with the police on the children …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Central PA School Bus Driver Caught With Child Porn, Police Say Central PA School Bus Driver Caught With Child Porn, Police Say
Central PA School Bus Driver Caught With Child Porn, Police Say A 56-year-old school bus driver has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies related to child pornography, police announced late Thursday night. Philip Fry of the 1100 block of Oberlin Road, Middletown, Lower Swatara Township was arrested following a warranted search of his home. The search was conducted by the Derry Township Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Investigators, along with Detectives from the Dauphin County Criminal Investigation Division. The search was part of a larger investigation after receiving tips about Child Sexual Abuse Material.  During the …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Accused PA Teen Killer's GF Charged For Allegedly Helping Cover-Up Murder: Police Accused PA Teen Killer's GF Charged For Allegedly Helping Cover-Up Murder: Police
Accused PA Teen Killer's GF Charged For Allegedly Helping Cover-Up Murder: Police A 20-year-old man, his 19-year-old girlfriend, and her 19-year-old friend shot a 19-year-old man and left him to die on a Lancaster street, officials allege in an updated release on March 15.  A report of "shots fired" led Lancaster officers to Elliot 'Diddy' Tyrone Corbin III, of Lancaster, who was found "suffering from an apparent gunshot wound," in 400 block of South Prince Street, Lancaster at approximately 5:28 p.m., Jan. 6, according to city police and identified to Daily Voice by coroner Eric Bieber.  He was taken to "a medical facility for treatment but ultimatel…

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by Jillian Pikora
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VA Man Who Came To PA For Sex With Child Stays For Prison Sentence: DA VA Man Who Came To PA For Sex With Child Stays For Prison Sentence: DA
VA Man Who Came To PA For Sex With Child Stays For Prison Sentence: DA A Virginia man who pleaded guilty in connection to traveling to Pennsylvania to have sex with a child has been sentenced, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office announced on Tuesday, Feb. 20.  Tanner Iskra, 38 of the 2100 block of Harpoon Drive, Stafford, VA, pleaded guilty in Sept. 2023 to attempted statutory sexual assault (11 years older), attempted corruption of minors, and criminal use of a communication facility, DA Heather Adams detailed in the release.  Iskra was sentenced to 11-23 months in prison, eight years of probation, and he must register as a sex offender …

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Repeat Child Porn Offender On Last Year Of Probation Didn’t Learn His Lesson PA Repeat Child Porn Offender On Last Year Of Probation Didn’t Learn His Lesson
PA Repeat Child Porn Offender On Last Year Of Probation Didn’t Learn His Lesson A central Pennsylvania man has been charged with possessing child porn— again, authorities say. Harrison Michael Rineholt, 48, of Pennsylvania and previously of Maryland, was on his last year of probation for possessing child pornography when he was caught disseminating more child porn a decade later, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. An investigation was launched after a proactive investigation conducted by Corporal Anthony Reppert found Rineholt was sharing the child porn online, the release details. State police’s computer task force did a warranted search of his hom…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Accused Drug Dealer In Berks County Sold Deadly Fentanyl Dose: DA Accused Drug Dealer In Berks County Sold Deadly Fentanyl Dose: DA
Accused Drug Dealer In Berks County Sold Deadly Fentanyl Dose: DA A 24-year-old woman from Berks County has been arrested in connection with the fentanyl death of one of her alleged customers, authorities said. Yoli Eisenhardt, of Fleetwood, was charged with drug delivery resulting in death, criminal use of communication facility, delivery of a controlled substance, and other related offenses in the death of a woman, the Berks County District Attorney's Office said. The unidentified victim was found dead in a Stimmel Alley home in Kutztown on Nov. 4, 2021, authorities said. A search of the victim's belongings and home revealed evidence of drug u…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Philly Man Sentenced For Selling Fentanyl-Laced Drugs To ChesCo Overdose Victim Philly Man Sentenced For Selling Fentanyl-Laced Drugs To ChesCo Overdose Victim
Philly Man Sentenced For Selling Fentanyl-Laced Drugs To ChesCo Overdose Victim A Philadelphia man was sentenced to decades in prison for selling fentanyl-laced drugs to a Chester County man, which resulted in his overdose, authorities announced Friday. Jamal Keys, 43, will face 18 to 36 years behind bars for the March 2019 heroin overdose death of a 34-year-old man in Paoli, according to Chester County District Attorney's Office. Keys was found guilty by a jury in July 2021 of drug delivery resulting in death, possession with intent to deliver, criminal conspiracy, and criminal use of a communication facility. On April 1, 2019, Willistown police officers were called …

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by Nicole Acosta
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Church Pastor Sent Nude Photos To Undercover Police In Lancaster Church Pastor Sent Nude Photos To Undercover Police In Lancaster
Church Pastor Sent Nude Photos To Undercover Police In Lancaster A pastor in Mount Joy was arrested Tuesday after he sent nude images of himself to an undercover police officer, whom he thought was an underage girl, according to Lancaster city police. Anthony R. Morales, 33, of Warwick Township-- who is listed as the lead pastor at Miracle Center Fellowship Church in Mount Joy-- exchanged nude photographs with a 17-year-old girl via social media for two weeks in May, according to court documents. In addition to trading photos, he messaged the girl requesting to have sex. That's when the girl approached police about what happened going on. An undercover…

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by Jillian Pikora
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West Chester Man Busted On Child Porn Charges After Laptop Brought To Police Station West Chester Man Busted On Child Porn Charges After Laptop Brought To Police Station
West Chester Man Busted On Child Porn Charges After Laptop Brought To Police Station A West Chester man was arrested on child porn charges after someone brought the laptop he was apparently viewing the images on into police headquarters, authorities said. A subject arrived at the West Chester police station saying that Damion Bovell, 24, had been watching obscene material on it last February, West Chester police said. The laptop was confiscated and a search warrant was obtained.  The computer was sent to Chester County detectives for a forensic examination, which turned up numerous images of child porn, police said. Bovell was arraigned on May 8 at District…

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by Cecilia Levine
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DA: Investigators Bust Glenside Man With More Than 300 Photos Of Child Pornography DA: Investigators Bust Glenside Man With More Than 300 Photos Of Child Pornography
DA: Investigators Bust Glenside Man With More Than 300 Photos Of Child Pornography Investigators on Friday announced charges against a Glenside man whom they busted with more than 300 photos, and 70 videos of child pornography. An investigation ensued after the Montgomery County Detective Bureau received tips from Kik Messenger, Twitter, and Facebook via the Delaware County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force alerting them to 11 photos and videos of suspected child pornography on March 29, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Cheltenham Township Police Chief John Frye. As soon as investigators determined the imag…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Lansdale Man Out On Bail Busted With Child Porn -- Some Depicting Prepubescent Kids Lansdale Man Out On Bail Busted With Child Porn -- Some Depicting Prepubescent Kids
Lansdale Man Out On Bail Busted With Child Porn -- Some Depicting Prepubescent Kids A Lansdale man out on bail for a 2019 burglary and assault charges was busted with child porn, NorthPennNow reports. Patrick Carpenter, 27, had nearly 200 images and videos of both boys and girls, including some prepubescent being sexually abused by adults, the outlet says citing the criminal complaint. Carpenter — who apparently told authorities he "doesn’t use the internet much” during questioning — was charged with 50 counts of possession of child porn and 50 counts of criminal use of a communication facility. Carpenter had been out on bail stemming from a 2019 arrest, in which he broke…

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by Cecilia Levine